Long Beach Recovery 1 Year Later

“On a scale of one to ten, about 12,” resident Jamie Tafflow said. “No water or electricity. No elevators, no phones.”

The city is still without an operational hospital or movie theater and many businesses and homes remain vacant.

“Sand covered the streets, houses were off foundations, trucks were upended. The magnitude was unbelievable,” Long Beach City Council President Scott Mandell told Xirinachs. “The damage was devastating from every corner of the city. But looking now on what is almost a year later, it’s incredible the strides that we’ve made and the homeowners have made and the businesses have made.”

Residents noted that rebuilding the iconic boardwalk has been just one part of the major recovery effort over the past year in the shorefront community.

“We’re going to change the name from Long Beach to Strong Beach,” Tafflow said.

HOBOKEN PLANNING FOR FUTURE STORMS

Business is mostly back in Hoboken, which was under water after Sandy roared ashore.

As WCBS 880’s Levon Putney reported, Hoboken Beer & Soda Outlet was inundated with water and mud after the storm.